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Singing through Advent: Part One
REV. PETER M.J. STRAVINSKAS
Beauty here below allows us to gain at least a glimpse of the glory and splendor of God. We also need a very special kind of beauty — good music.

Hope, the Future, and Advent
REV. PETER M.J. STRAVINSKAS
As we draw closer to Christmas, our Byzantine brothers and sisters celebrate two Sundays in honor of Christ's forebears.  Let's give some consideration today to one of them, the nearly forgotten Zechariah.

Catholic Traditions for Advent and Christmas
MICHAELANN MARTIN
Issue: How can families better live the spirit of Advent and Christmas in their homes?

The History of the Advent Wreath
REV. WILLIAM SAUNDERS
A Baptist friend asked me about the Advent wreath its history, meaning, etc. I think I gave her a pretty good answer. Perhaps you could provide a little more information.

The Genealogy as Symbol of Advent Gestation
CARYLL HOUSELANDER
It is not only in work, in the realization of faith, and in conscious prayer that we need the season of Advent; we need it in suffering, in joy, and in thought.

A good guide for us this Advent
FATHER PETER JOHN CAMERON, O.P.
A good guide for us this Advent is Simone Weil (1909-1943) — the French philosopher whom T. S. Eliot described as "a kind of genius akin to that of the saints."

Advent and the Four Last Things
REV. PETER M.J. STRAVINSKAS
Truth be told, we don't hear much of any of those four last things at all anymore — and we are all the poorer for it.

Bringing our fallen-away relations back to Church during Advent
REV. JOHN HORGAN
Each Christmas, our churches are thronged with people who come to pray before the Manger, join in the singing of carols, and feel the warmth of the Saviour's love.

What if we got Advent right, this time?
FATHER ROBERT MCTEIGUE, SJ
If we miss the point of Advent, we'll miss the point of Christmas.

The first guide for Advent: St. John the Baptist
REV. PETER M.J. STRAVINSKAS
Silence bespeaks expediency, complicity, and cowardice, and John the Baptist never kept silent, for even in the womb he announced the truth of Christ (cf. Lk 1:44).

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